Porter v. Porter

Littlejohn, Justice:

Thomas C. Porter died intestate in 1942, possessed of realty and leaving surviving him as his only heirs at law and distributees his widow and five children, two of whom are the plaintiff, Ray M. Porter, and the defendant, Thomas Howard Porter.

FORMER ACTION

On July 28, 1970, Ray M. Porter brought a partition and accounting suit against his mother and his brothers and sisters, resulting in a decree dated September 30, 1974, ordering a sale in partition. The decree confirmed the recommendation of the master that the plaintiff be estopped from claiming rents and profits in the…